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Half Diminished Chord Rootless Voicings

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Instructor
John Proulx
Course
Advanced
02:02:01

This comprehensive course covers rootless voicings on half diminished chords. We’ll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.

Course Objectives
  • Learn rootless voicings on half diminished chords
  • Practice exercises in each key
  • Apply these voicings to short songs in various styles
Learning Focus
  • Chords
  • Reharmonization
Featured Reviews

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Concise clarification of half-diminished seventh chords
This course with exercises and explanation really helped me understand the function and resolution of the half-diminished seventh chord in music composition. Prior to this lesson, I would avoid using these chords or substitute a diminished triad. I have a new found appreciation of half-diminished seventh chord as a result of this guidance! Thank-you John for your excellent tutorial!
Fun and challenging
Useful course
Challenging.
Thorough approach to jazz voicing.......with lots of examples how the chords work and sound within a melody...
Amazing lessons
Jonny you have a great partner John keep on doing such great lessons
Challenging and Fun!
Took me quite a while to get A to B and B to A in major, minor, dominant, diminished in 12 keys. Why did there have to be so many keys... LOL maybe 4 would have been better. ; )

Course Lessons

1
Half Diminished Chord Rootless Voicings – Lesson 1
19:10

Definition & Positions

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2
Half Diminished Chord Rootless Voicings – Lesson 2
12:02

Minor7(b5) “A” Voicing Exercise

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3
Half Diminished Chord Rootless Voicings – Lesson 3
19:37

Minor7(b5) “A” Voicing Exercise

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4
Half Diminished Chord Rootless Voicings – Lesson 4
11:14

Minor7(b5) “A” Voicing Exercise

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5
Half Diminished Chord Rootless Voicings – Lesson 5
12:50

Minor7(b5) “A” Voicing Exercise

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6
Half Diminished Chord Rootless Voicings – Lesson 6
09:30

Alternate Minor7(b5) “A&B” Voicings

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7
Half Diminished Chord Rootless Voicings – Lesson 7
16:36

Alternate Minor7(b5) “A&B” Voicings

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8
Half Diminished Chord Rootless Voicings – Lesson 8
09:08

Alternate Minor7(b5) “A&B” Voicings

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9
Half Diminished Chord Rootless Voicings – Lesson 9
11:54

Alternate Minor7(b5) “A&B” Voicings

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Featured Reviews

View PWJ member reviews of this course!

Concise clarification of half-diminished seventh chords
This course with exercises and explanation really helped me understand the function and resolution of the half-diminished seventh chord in music composition. Prior to this lesson, I would avoid using these chords or substitute a diminished triad. I have a new found appreciation of half-diminished seventh chord as a result of this guidance! Thank-you John for your excellent tutorial!
Fun and challenging
Useful course
Challenging.
Thorough approach to jazz voicing.......with lots of examples how the chords work and sound within a melody...
Amazing lessons
Jonny you have a great partner John keep on doing such great lessons
Challenging and Fun!
Took me quite a while to get A to B and B to A in major, minor, dominant, diminished in 12 keys. Why did there have to be so many keys... LOL maybe 4 would have been better. ; )
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